Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Corbis Bettmann Getty Images Mark Cunningham MLB Photos Jonathan Daniel Focus On Sport Otto Greule Jr Bruce Kluckhohn MLB Photos Saul Loeb AFP Brad Mangin MLB Photos Jim McIsaac Martin D McReynolds Francis Miller Time Life Pictures National Baseball Hall of Fame Library MLB Photos Scott Olson Rich Pilling MLB Photos Rogers Photo Archive Mark Rucker Transcendental Graphics Herb Scharfman Sports Imagery Donald F Smith Time Life Pictures Jamie Squire Ron Vesely MLB Photos Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition LeBoutillier Nate The story of the Chicago White Sox by Nate LeBoutillier p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the Chicago White Sox professional baseball team from its inaugural 1901 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-036-3 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-006-4 eBook 1 Chicago White Sox Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Series GV875 C58L43 2010 796 357’6477311 dc22 2010023568 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 First baseman Paul Konerko Page 4 Left fielder Juan Pierre
Nate LeBoutillier BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION
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W h i t e S o x 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS A Hot Start 6 Shadow of the Black Sox 15 The Sox Get Go-Going 22 North and South 29 Return to Glory 41 AROUND THE HORN The Hitless Wonders 12 The Black Sox Scandal 20 Comiskey Park 24 A Record-Breaking Promotion 31 Winning Ugly 38 A Marathon Matchup 43 ALL-TIME WHITE SOX P Ed Walsh 8 C Carlton Fisk 13 1B Frank Thomas 14 2B Eddie Collins 18 3B Robin Ventura 23 SS Luke Appling 28 LF Minnie Minoso 30 CF Jim Landis 35 RF Joe Jackson 39 M Al Lopez 40 Index 48
